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United States Military Information Security. Overview. Overview The Importance of Military Information Security US Defense Information Systems Agency United States Cyber Command Future Military Security Outlook Summary. Information Security.
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Overview • Overview • The Importance of Military Information Security • US Defense Information Systems Agency • United States Cyber Command • Future Military Security Outlook • Summary
Information Security • Information Security – protecting information and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide – • Integrity – guarding against improper modification or destruction and ensures authenticity. • Confidentiality – preserving authorized restrictions on access, including protecting personal privacy. • Availability – ensuring timely and reliable access.
Military Importance • In the beginning – written correspondence. • Developing - Wireless Radio and Telegraph coding • Current – Total System Information Security
US Defense Information Security Agency (DISA) • 12 May 1960 - Defense Communications Agency (DCA) established by Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates. • 25 June 1991 – became the DISA and the Global Information Grid was designed. • 16,000 employees that support all US Military branches. • SIPRNET – Secret Internet Protocol Router Network • Forge.mil – fashioned after sourceforge.net
United States Cyber Command • 23 June 2009 – established under the U.S. Strategic Command by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates • Assumed responsibility for the DISA • Headquartered in Ft. Meade, Maryland
United States Cyber Command 5 Strategic Pillars • Treat Cyber as a domain • Employ more active defenses • Support the Department of Homeland Security in protecting critical infrastructure networks • Practice collective defense with allies • Reduce the advantages attackers have
Military Information Security Future • Defining international cyberspace domain legalities • Similar to international nuclear situation? • Russians and Chinese interested in cyber weapons such as destructive viruses • Beginnings of Terrorist Involvement • Overall Internet Security Development
Summary • Overview • The Importance of Military Information Security • US Defense Information Systems Agency • United States Cyber Command • Future Military Security Outlook • Summary
References • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_security • http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/44/3542 • http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=64682 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Cyber_Command • http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/cyber/docs/infosec.htm